Research
AAC conducts research on key issues affecting our community, collaborating with experts within our network to identify needs, highlight findings, and support knowledge building. Our research informs advocacy efforts, strengthens our initiatives, and helps shape a more equitable arts and culture sector.
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Cultural Policy Priorities of Global Majority Arts Administrators, Arts Educators, & Artists in the U. S.
AAC was selected to participate in The Wallace Foundation’s Field Studies program, a research component of Wallace’s ongoing arts initiative focused on arts organizations founded by, with, and for communities of color. The grantees will lead research projects intended to bring definition, depth, breadth, and perspective about the nature of the ecosystem of non-profit arts organizations of color and the communities they serve.
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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Black, Indigenous, Artists and Arts Administrators of Color in the U. S.
This study investigated the impacts of COVID-19 on Black, Indigenous, and artists and arts administrators of Color. We addressed the primary research question, in what ways has COVID-19 impacted BIPOC artists and arts administrators? We also answered the secondary research question, do differences in impacts exist in health and wellness for BIPOC artists and administrators based on demographic characteristics? By centering BIPOC artists and arts administrators in this study, we initiated an area of critical scholarly inquiry that explored the impacts of COVID-19 on creatives who identify as historically marginalized and oppressed based on their race in U. S. society.